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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Medical Therapy== | ==Medical Therapy== | ||
Medical and surgical options are available for the treatment of “problematic” hemangiomas. Medical management includes one or more systemic therapies. | *Medical and surgical options are available for the treatment of “problematic” hemangiomas.<ref name="RichterFriedman2012">{{cite journal|last1=Richter|first1=Gresham T.|last2=Friedman|first2=Adva B.|title=Hemangiomas and Vascular Malformations: Current Theory and Management|journal=International Journal of Pediatrics|volume=2012|year=2012|pages=1–10|issn=1687-9740|doi=10.1155/2012/645678}}</ref> | ||
*Medical management includes one or more systemic therapies. | |||
*For massive and life-threatening disease:<ref name="RichterFriedman2012">{{cite journal|last1=Richter|first1=Gresham T.|last2=Friedman|first2=Adva B.|title=Hemangiomas and Vascular Malformations: Current Theory and Management|journal=International Journal of Pediatrics|volume=2012|year=2012|pages=1–10|issn=1687-9740|doi=10.1155/2012/645678}}</ref> | |||
:*Corticosteroids | |||
:*Interferon | |||
:*Vincristine | |||
::*These agents have also been used for: | |||
:::*Multifocal disease | |||
:::*Visceral involvement | |||
:::*Segmental distribution | |||
:::*Airway obstruction | |||
:::*Periorbital lesions | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|2}} | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Nawal Muazam M.D.[2]
Overview
Medical Therapy
- Medical and surgical options are available for the treatment of “problematic” hemangiomas.[1]
- Medical management includes one or more systemic therapies.
- For massive and life-threatening disease:[1]
- Corticosteroids
- Interferon
- Vincristine
- These agents have also been used for:
- Multifocal disease
- Visceral involvement
- Segmental distribution
- Airway obstruction
- Periorbital lesions